1954 Green Bay Packers season

1954 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn
Home field	City Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	4–8
Division place	5th NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1954 Green Bay Packers season was their 35th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 4–8 record under new head coach Lisle Blackbourn and finished fifth in the Western Conference.

In a season of streaks, the Packers lost their first three games, all at home, climbed back to .500 at 4–4, then lost their final four.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1954 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Art Hunter	Offensive Tackle	Notre Dame
2	15	Bob Fleck	Tackle	Syracuse
3	27	George Timberlake	Linebacker	USC
4	40	Tommy Allman	Back	West Virginia
5	51	Max McGee	Wide Receiver	Tulane
7	75	Sam Marshall	Tackle	Florida A&M
8	87	Jimmie Williams	Tackle	Texas Tech
9	99	Dave Davis	End	Georgia Tech
10	111	Gene Knutson	Defensive End	Michigan
11	123	Ken Hall	End	North Texas State
12	135	Bill Oliver	Back	Alabama
13	147	Mike Takacs	Guard	Ohio State
14	159	Dave Johnson	Back	Rice
16	183	Des Koch	Back	USC
17	195	J. D. Roberts	Guard	Oklahoma
18	207	Emery Barnes	Defensive End	Oregon
19	219	Ken Hall	Center	Springfield
20	231	Lowell Herbert	Guard	Pacific
21	243	Art Liebscher	Back	Pacific
22	255	Willie Buford	Tackle	Morgan State
23	267	Clint Sathrum	Back	St. Olaf
24	279	Marv Tennefoss	End	Stanford
25	291	John Smalley	Tackle	Alabama
26	303	Ralph Baierl	Tackle	Maryland
27	315	Hosea Sims	End	Marquette
28	327	Evan Slonac	Back	Michigan State
29	339	Jerry Dufek	Tackle	St. Norbert
30	351	Terry Campbell	Back	Washington State

Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 26	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–20	0–1	City Stadium	20,675
2	October 3	Chicago Bears	L 10–3	0–2	City Stadium	24,414
3	October 10	San Francisco 49ers	L 23–17	0–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	15,571
4	October 17	Los Angeles Rams	W 35–17	1–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	17,455
5	October 24	at Baltimore Colts	W 7–6	2–3	Memorial Stadium	28,680
6	October 30	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–14	3–3	Connie Mack Stadium	25,378
7	November 7	at Chicago Bears	L 28–23	3–4	Wrigley Field	47,038
8	November 13	Baltimore Colts	W 24–13	4–4	Milwaukee County Stadium	19,786
9	November 21	Detroit Lions	L 21–17	4–5	City Stadium	20,767
10	November 25	at Detroit Lions	L 28–24	4–6	Briggs Stadium	55,532
11	December 5	at San Francisco 49ers	L 35–0	4–7	Kezar Stadium	32,012
12	December 12	at Los Angeles Rams	L 35–27	4–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	38,839

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	9	2	1	.818	8–2	337	189	W1
Chicago Bears	8	4	0	.667	7–3	301	279	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	4	1	.636	5–4–1	313	251	W2
Los Angeles Rams	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	314	285	W1
Green Bay Packers	4	8	0	.333	3–7	234	251	L4
Baltimore Colts	3	9	0	.250	2–8	131	279	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

15 Bobby Garrett
18 Tobin Rote

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

Sportsencyclopedia.com

Green Bay Packers seasons

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1954 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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